WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CHE/50 
30 April 2010 
 (10-2343) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 27 April 2010, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Switzerland .  The notification concerns export subsidy commitments ( Tables ES:1 to 
ES:3 ) for the calendar year 2008 . 
 
  
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Page 2 Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Switzerland-Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2008 
 
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2 008 Subsidized exports Food aid Annual commitment levels 
(from Section II of Part IV) (from Section II of Part IV) Outlay 
(in millions of 
SwF) Quantity 
(tonnes) Quantity 
(tonnes) 
 
 
cf. ES:3 Outlay 
(in millions of 
SwF) 
(from Section II of 
Part IV) Quantity 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
DAIRY PRODUCTS 2008 6.59 18,071  284.0 62,161 
ex 0401.30 0402.10 
ex 0402.21 ex 0402.29 
0403.10  ex 0403.90 
0406.10  0406.20 
0406.30  ex 0406.40 
0406.90 
  
CATTLE FOR BREEDING AND 
HORSES 2008 5.50 4,737 
(units)  22.4 11,303 
(units) 
0101.11  ex 0101.19 
ex 0101.20 0102.10 
ex 0102.90 0103.10 
ex 0103.91 ex 0103.92 
ex 0104.10 ex 0104.20 
  
FRUIT1 2008 16.1 7,027  16.8 9,480 
0808.10  ex 0808.20 
0809.20  ex 0811.90 
0812.10  0813.30 
ex 0813.40 ex 0813.50 
ex 2007.99 2008.40 
2008.60  ex 2008.99 
2009.70  ex 2009.80 ex 2009.90 ex 2206.00 
ex 2209.00 ex 2308.90 
   
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 Page 3Description of products Calendar year 2 008 Subsidized exports Food aid Annual commitment levels 
(from Section II of Part IV) (from Section II of Part IV) Outlay 
(in millions of 
SwF) Quantity 
(tonnes) Quantity 
(tonnes) 
 
 
cf. ES:3 Outlay 
(in millions of 
SwF) 
(from Section II of 
Part IV) Quantity 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
POTATOES 2008 1.0 4,168  2.3 8,437 
0701.10  0701.90 
0712.10  ex 1105.10 
ex 1105.20 ex 2001.90 
2004.10  ex 2004.90 
2005.20  ex 2005.90 
  
PROCESSED PRODUCTS 2008 75 -  114.9 - 
Eligible for export drawbacks:  processed products falling wi thin Chapters 15 to 22 of the Customs Tariff containing: 
 
Milk and dairy products: Preserved eggs: Flour and other milled 
products: Oils and fats for human 
consumption: Sugar and molasses: 
ex 0401.20 ex 0401.30 
ex 0402.10 ex 0402.21 
ex 0402.21 ex 0402.91 
ex 0402.99 ex 0405.00 ex 0408.11 
ex 0408.19 
ex 0408.91 
ex 0408.99 ex  1101.00  ex  1102.10 
ex  1102.90  ex  1103.11 
ex  1103.19  ex  1104.19 
ex  1104.29  ex  1104.30 
 ex 1501  ex 1502 
ex 1503  ex 1504 
ex 1506  ex 1507 
ex 1508  ex 1509 
ex 1510  ex 1511 
ex 1512  ex 1513 
ex 1514  ex 1515 
ex 1516 
 ex 1701 
ex 1702 
1703 
 
Notes:  
 
1. Switzerland, in accordance with the footnote to Part IV, Section II, of Schedule LIX Switzerland-Liechtenstein, reserves the  right to take such fluctu ations into account when 
implementing its commitments with regard to fruit with multi-year production cycles. 
  
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Page 4 Supporting Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Switzerland-Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2008 
 
Export Subsidies:  Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of products Direct export 
subsidies 
 
 
(millions of 
SwF) Sales of 
stock 
 
 
(millions of 
SwF) Producer 
financed 
subsidies 
 
(millions of 
SwF) Cost reduction 
measures 
 
 
(millions of SwF) Internal 
transport 
subsidies 
 
(millions of 
SwF) Total product- 
specific 
export 
subsidies 
(millions of 
SwF) Quantity of 
subsidized 
exports 
 
(tonnes) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Dairy products 6.59     6.59 18,071 OFAG 
Cattle for breeding and 
horses 5.50     5.50 4,737 
(units) OFAG 
Fruit 14.5 1.0  0.6  16.1 7,027 OFAG 
Potatoes 1.0     1.0 4,168 OFAG 
Processed products 75     75 - DGD 
 
Key: DGD: Direction générale des douanes (Directorate-General of Customs) 
 OFAG: Office fédéral de l'agricultur e (Federal Office of Agriculture) 
  
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 Page 5Table ES:2 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Switzerland-Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2008  
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2008 Quantity of total exports 
 
1 2 3 
 Dairy products   154,048 tonnes 
 Cattle for breeding and horses   4,737 units 
 Fruit   67,190 tonnes 
 Potatoes   4,168 tonnes 
  
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Page 6 Table ES:3 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Switzerland-Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2008 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of the Total Volume of Food Aid 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2008 Quantity of food aid to all destinations* 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 
Wheat and wheat flour (in wh eat equivalent) **  5,179.8 
Coarse grains **  11,845.7 
Rice **  5,154.0 
High protein products **  1,464.0 
Sugar **  1,090.0 
Milk powder    0,935.0  
Cheese (processed)   0,045.0  
Other**   1,906.6 
 
Key:  * Actual quantities in tonnes 
 ** Including triangular transactions from developing country to developing country 
 
 
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